AMALGAMATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1254, 14 December 1882, Page 2

AMALGAMATION.

To THE EDITOR. Sir,—l crave permission to refer to a statement reported to have emanated from Mr 6. Beoihani M. H. R. at the late meetingre County amalgamation in Greylpwn, The statement is 'i Ir. was (he duly of objectors to preparp a pouuter pelitipn and sign it at once, as it must he forwarded to the Government within tho next .fortnight." If. tins is a p.rrect report of Mr Beptham's speech, wil} that gentleman inform electors with what object such a mis-statement wiib made ? Does ))e wish to place objectors in a falsa and ridiculous position by inducing, tlioiu to forward »counter petition when tbore is no petition? The rt-i-u.-toJ speeches of the amalgamation bristle with inaccuracies, not intended-'possibly to mislead and hoodwink the ratepayers, but calculated to have that effect. Fortunately, however, through the culpable netjleot of tho amalgamating people's representatives in the Comity Councils, the matter of amalgamation has settled itself in the negative, The indecent haste now exhibited will not save them from a humiliating defeat. Settles will neither favor a return tb provincialism and'centralisution, tolerate attempts to mislead, nor will they be made political tools of by Messrs Phillips and Bunny, . lam&c,, A County Elector.